Stateline unemployment

The end of long-term unemployment benefits this month means millions of Americans could be left without their sole source of income while they look for work. In 2013 alone, the federal aid program sent more than $25.6 billion flowing into unemployed workers’ pockets and shored up states’ struggling economies.Dec. 28 marks the end of the emergency unemployment compensation program, shutting off benefits for 1.3 million Americans immediately—and millions more over the next year.Started during the George W. Bush administration in …